John Oliver says Trump uses one phrase when he has 'nothing' planned: 'People will be happy'

John Oliver returned to "Last Week Tonight" on Sunday to address
a number of recent actions taken by the Trump
administration, including the controversial decision to
rescind DACA, or the Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals.

Speaking on DACA — an Obama-era policy that prevented the
deportation of around 800,000 young immigrants living in the
country illegally after being brought to the US as minors —
Oliver contended that Trump's
series of decisions on the issue is "not a plan," after he
played a clip of candidate Trump discussing the issue in 2015.

"They have to go. We will work with them, they have to go,"
Trump told NBC's Chuck Todd of the DACA-sponsored "Dreamers" in
2015. "We will do it, and we will expedite it so people can come
back in. … Chuck, it will work out so well, you'll be so happy.
In four years you're going to interview me and you’re going to
say, 'What a great job you've done, President Trump.'"

"But that is not a plan," Oliver said in response. "Saying
they have to go, but then they can maybe come
back in, and ending sounding like he's trying to hypnotize Chuck
Todd: 'It will work out so well, you'll be so happy, in four
years you're going to say 'what a great job you've done,
President Trump,' now when I snap my fingers you're going to wake
up and wet your pants.'"

Oliver then seized on Trump's consistent use of the word
"happy," saying that the word tends to mask when the president
"has got nothing" planned in terms of policy.

"OK listen, because this is important: Any time
Trump says he's going to make people happy, or that you're going
to be happy in the future, that means he has
got nothing and he's trying to end the
conversation. Remember, that's how he shut down Chuck Todd on the
plane. And he doesn't just do it with immigration, he does it
with everything.”

Oliver then ran through a montage of Trump's promises on
issues including trade, infrastructure, Middle East policy,
and replacing Obamacare — all of which included some variant on
the phrase "people will be happy."

"OK. But in each of those cases, it's the way you get to
that feeling that is important. Laying out a government policy
that’s just 'you'll be so happy' is like naming a restaurant
'You're Going to Be So Full.' OK, that's the goal, but how? What
am I filling myself with?" Oliver asked.